Luke 14:31
“Or what king going to make war against another king, sitteth not downe first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand?”
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Luke 14:31 Context
29Lest haply after hee hath laide the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it, begin to mock him, 30Saying, This man beganne to build, and was not able to finish. 31Or what king going to make war against another king, sitteth not downe first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand? 32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, hee sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. 33So likewise, whosoeuer he be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
- King James Version
"Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand {men} to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- New American Standard Version (1995)